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单词 supple
释义
supple
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌp.əl/us
/ˈsʌp.əl/

suppleadjective(BENDING)

bendingorableto bebenteasily; notstiff:
易弯曲的，柔软的，柔韧的
I'm not supple enough(= mybodydoesn'tbendeasilyenough)totouchthefloor.我身体的柔韧性不够好，站着的时候双手无法触到地面。
Thegloveswere made of very suppleleather.这副手套是用非常柔软的皮革做成的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Flexible, loose and yielding
  • adrift
  • bendable
  • bendy
  • ductile
  • ductility
  • flowing
  • fullness
  • jointed
  • limply
  • limpness
  • loose-fitting
  • pliant
  • pliantly
  • relax
  • rubbery
  • slack
  • slacken
  • sloppy
  • unstuck
  • yielding
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suppleadjective(ABLE TO CHANGE)

literary
abletochangequicklyandsuccessfullytosuitdifferentsituations:
She hasshownthat she has a supplemind.她已经证明了自己头脑很灵活。
We need a more supplemonetarypolicy.我们需要一个更加灵活的货币政策。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Adapting and attuning to something
  • accustomyourselftosomething
  • accustomed
  • adaptability
  • adaptable
  • adapted
  • bearing
  • get into the swing of it/thingsidiom
  • get intoyourstrideidiom
  • habituate
  • habituated
  • habituation
  • plug
  • plug(something/someone)intosomething
  • second nature
  • settle
  • settle down
  • settle in
  • settled
  • stride
  • swing
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suppleness
(Definition ofsupplefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
supple
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌp.əl/us
/ˈsʌp.əl/

suppleadjective(BENDING)

bendingorableto bebenteasily; notstiff
易弯曲的，柔软的，柔韧的
I'm not supple enough(= mybodydoesn'tbendeasilyenough)totouchthefloor.我身体的柔韧性不够好，站着的时候双手无法触到地面。
Thegloveswere made of very suppleleather.这副手套是用非常柔软的皮革做成的。

suppleadjective(ABLE TO CHANGE)

literary
abletochangequicklyand successfully tosuitdifferentconditions
灵活的，适应能力强的
She hasshownthat she has a supplemind.她已经证明了自己头脑很灵活。
We need a more supplemonetarypolicy.我们需要一个更加灵活的货币政策。

supple| American Dictionary

supple
adjective
us
/ˈsʌp·əl/
bendingorableto bebenteasily; notstiff:
His supplefingersmanipulatedtheneedlewith theutmostdelicacy.
fig.Adamsbringsa supple(=easilychanging)voiceto Mayfield’ssongs.
(Definition ofsupplefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsupple

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There is, in short, a ' large element of myth in the idea of asuppletradition being wisely adapted so as constantly to renew a fundamental national consensus ' (p. 56).
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Children who are to become ballet dancers need not only mental but special physical training that will make the muscles and limbssupple.
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Furthermore, in order to keep their limbssuppleand their minds occupied, handicraft work should be provided.
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I will consider the suggestion in the latter half of thatsupple- mentary question.
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Who could have forecast a dramatic fall in the specialsupple-mentaries?
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There is a two-year cushion here and it can be keptsuppleby an intelligent application of the law.
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Under the outward gentleness and gracefulness of this remarkable personality there is a core ofsupplesteel.
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He has to besupple, swift and strong to an extent that cannot be understood anywhere outside a mine.
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Supple-mentary benefit is a means-tested benefit based on need and does not involve a residence condition.
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A delay of 12 months in a child going into a mill may mean that the hands of the child are lesssupple.
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The bonds are verysupple, and the moresupplebonds have proved to be the strongest.
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He says that his conscience is verysuppleand his fly-posters so fleet of foot that so far he has not been found out.
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There is at present a family test which is applied, or ought to be applied, in reference to thesupple- mentary grants.
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The rates ofsupple- mentary benefit are being increased in line with the expected rise in prices, so that they are fully price protected.
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Is it not also very desirable, by multiplying our training courses, to make the mentality of the lower ranks of management moresupplethan it very often is?
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